The new president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, says better-targeted public spending would help support economic growth in the eurozone.

A US agency has drafted new management alternatives that could lead to expanded drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Britain’s Labour Party has promised radically expanded public spending and state ownership as it tries to close an opinion-poll gap with the governing Conservatives before the U.K.’s Dec. 12 election.

The legalization of hemp is spurring U.S. farmers into unfamiliar terrain, tempting them with profits amid turmoil in agriculture while proving to be a tricky endeavor in the early stages.

China has revised upward its estimate of the size of its economy by 2.1% for 2018 following a national census.

Pneumonic plague is the most infectious form of the plague and is the only form that can spread from person to person.

Each facing investigations, Erdogan and Trump attempted to portray relations between the two countries as positive, yet flawed, despite a growing chasm in common ground.

California’s Pacific Gas & Electric is faced regularly with a no-win choice between risking the start of a deadly wildfire or immiserating millions of paying customers by shutting of the power.

Japan economy grows at 0.2% pace in July-September, supported by consumer purchases ahead of a tax hike.

The Czech defense minister says the government is planning to sign a deal with the U.S. government by year’s end to purchase 12 military helicopters.